Big Boy Teddy Edwards – Complete Recorded Works (1930-1936)

Little is known about “Big Boy” Teddy Edwards, a Chicago singer played both guitar and tiple and cut around two-dozen sides between 1930 and 1936 as well as contributing vocals to sessions by the Hokum Boys and Papa Charlie Jackson. Big Bill Broonzy recalled working with him and Papa Charlie Jackson. Today we spin the solo “Alcohol Mama” and the band backed “W – P – A Blues”, a terrific cover of the Big Bill number. A half dozen of recordings were made of Teddy alone with is tiple: “Them Things” “Family Troubles” “I Ain’t Gonna Give You None” “Lovin’ Blues” “Wild Woman Blues” and “Alcohol Mama”, all are epurated blues with a straight tiple strumm that simply push in front the wonderfull singing part, no solo, breaks or effects.